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Re: Request for permission: Drop module bsddb185 in Python 2.7



On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 04:10:34PM +0100, Jesus Cea wrote:
> Trying to create a patch to make python 2.7 pkgsrc version compatible
> with my bsddb3 library, I have discovered that pkgsrc python 2.7
> compiles module "bsddb185". That module is so ancient that is not even
> present in the Python 2.7 documentation at <https://docs.python.org/2/>.
> It even has a faq:
> <https://docs.python.org/2/faq/general.html?highlight=bsddb185#what-is-this-bsddb185-module-my-application-keeps-complaining-about>.
> 
> Note that "modern" bsddb module was included in 2.3, at that point
> bsddb185 was obsolete.
> 
> I request permission to "extirpate" bsddb185 from pkgsrc version of
> python2.7 (a simple line edit).

Sure, go ahead. What's the patch?
 Thomas


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